Brush holder



July 18, 1950 I I I I I I I I I J. J. oLLMAN 2,515,890

BRUSH HOLDER Filed April 14, 1948 UNITED sTATES PATENT OFFICE BRUsfI HOLDER w ohnm onmamMhkatogMinn. i `'7: Application April 14, 194 8, serialNo. 20,959v i 2 claiins. (o1.'248'-'-V-112)' M This 'nvention relates to brush holders and particularly to brush holders for holding and supporting toilet bowl Cleaning brushes.V

It is the general object o fvthe invention to provide a novel and improved brush holder for holdp ing and supportingjsuch brushes as toilet-cleaningp brushes, the brush 'holder including means which will catch and retain any water which mayhtdrain from thebrush after the brush has beenfused. f y i M v i Another object is to provide a handy and sanitary brush holder for receiving and holding toilet bowl'brushes after use and which can be supported as on the floor of abathroo'm and will effectively act to preventfsoilage' 'of the fioor by the brush'V The objects and advantages ofthe'invention, will more fully appear from,1,1he 'following description made in connection with the: accompanying drawings, wherein like referencel characters refer to the same or similar partsv throughout the various viewsand in which:

I Big 1 is aview partly inside elevation and partly in Vertical section illustrating a brush holder embodying the nvention, a toilet bowl cleaning brush being shown in dotted lines as it will appear when supported by' the brush holder;

Fig. 2 is a view partly in Vertical sectioniand partly in front elevation, illustrating the brush holder, a brush supported therein being shown in dotted lines;

Fig.-3 isal detail showingfthe manner of connection between the standard and the base ;j

Fig, 4is a sectionH taken ,substantially on line 4-4 of Figi ais indicated by the arrows;

i, 5 illustrates in reareleVatiOn portions of a modified form of a brush holder;

p Fig. 6 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in Vertical section of the modified form of brush holder;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of a base of the type shown in Figs. 1 to 4 as well as Figs. 5 and 6.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of an alternate form of base that may be employed; and

Fig. 9 is a plan view of a third type of base that may be employed.

Referring first to the form of the device illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 and 7, there is provided in accordance with the form of the nvention there illustrated, a brush holder designated in its entirety by the letter A.- The brush holder A includes a dished base Ill of circular Shape having a central imperforate portion to which an external flanged portion is connected, the fianged portion of the base rises from the central portion and is-curved outwardly therefrom, whereupon the flanged portion is carried downwardly to a pointbelow the central portion and this fianged portion acts` to support the base as on a fioor with the central portion raised off of the fioor. A pair o f opposed bayonet slots Il are cut in the down-turned flangeV of the base Ill to receive hook ends |2 of a substantially U-shaped Wire standard |3. This standard runs upwardly to a considerable height above the base IO and it inclines slightly inwardly from that portion of the flange of the base Ill to which it is connected so that the upper portion of the standard will overlie the central part of the base IO. At its upper end the Wire of the standard E3 forms two inwardly-projecting opposed reversely-bent arms 14 and these arms at their extremities are curved slightly toward each other so that their extremities` are spaced closer than their intermediate portions. Attached to the standard |3 in downwardly spaced relation from the arms M and in spacedrelation above the base Ill, is a wire support !5 'having a central double pin-like portion which inclines slightly from the horizontal, the

A outer portions of the support being spacedslightly abovejthose portions of the support connected toi the standard |3.

In assembling the standard 13 on to the base w; the two lower ends of thestandard |3 are swung toward eachother so that the hooks |2 may be received within the lower ends of the vertical portions of the bayonet slots II, said lower.

Vertical portions, whereupon the resiliency of the' wire forming the standard will cause the two hook ends of the same to move out to the outer spaced ends of the horizontal portions of the bayonet slots and the standard |3 will then be firmly anchored on to the base Ill.

After a toilet bowl Cleaning brush such as the brush B and including a handle IB, an ovalshaped Wire head l'l and bristles IB, carried by the wire head, is used, it is a problem for the housewife to stow this brush away without drainage on to the floor and without danger of soiling any articles with which the brush might come in contact. With the holder A at hand the brush B, after it has been used, may be readily mounted on the holder by placing the brush so that the support |5 pr-ojects through the brush head |'l and the support will carry the brush. The handle will be collected in the dish-like base so that it cannot run on to the floor to soil the fioor.

In Fig. 8 there is shown in place of a circular base l', a base 19, having a different shape to receive a quite wide headed brush. If the base l9 is used the standard will be supported on the base at what appears to be the top of the base as viewed in the drawings.

In Fig. 9 an alternative base 20 is shown, the central portion of which is somewhat Oval-Shape to take a brush. If the base 20 is employed the standard will be supported at either the left or right side of the base as viewed in Fig. 9.

In- Figs. and 6 there is shown an alternative formV of holder which may be emplo'yed in acoo'rdance with the invention, the holder shown infFigsr- 5 and 6 being designated as an entirety by the' letter C. The holder C includes a dishshape'd Strap-like portion 22, pressed from the fflangel th'ereof. Supported in the Strap-like porti'on 22- is a standard 23 of general channel shape in'fioross-section, this standard having at its upper end a pair of inwardly projeeting arms 24 toreceive the handle of the brush. Punched from an intermediate portion of the standard' is a supporting finger 25 which projects diagonally outwardlfy an'd slightly upwardly from the standard. Of course the finger 25 serves the same function asthe support in'- the previously describedconstruc'tion. The handle and brush will be received between the two arms 24, the incline given the finger in serving to retain the handle of the brush between these two arms.

It will be seen that a simple but effective brush holder has been provided in accordance with the invention. It will of course be understood that various changes may be made in the form, det'ails and arra'ngement of the various parts, without departure from the scope of the present invention, which generally stated, consists in the matter disclosed and set forth in the following claims.

What I claim is:

12. A brush holder comprising a dished base having an external down turned supporting fiange,.there being a pair of bayonetl slots formed in said' fiange, a spring wire standard of substantial U-shape having a pair of hook-like lower ends received in said bayonet slots, said standard projecting upwardly and inclined somewhat inwardly from the portion of the fiange to which it is secured so that the upper portion of the standard overlies a central portion of the dished base, said standard having at its upper end a pair of opposing arms between which the handle of a handle equipped brush may be received and a brush supportconnected'v to' said standard and projected therefrom to overlie the base, said support being spaced downwardly from the upper end of the standard.

21. A holder for toilet bowl cleaning brushes of the type comprising a head frame of annular form with bristles thereon and a central opening and.V an elongatedhandle attached to said frame, the holder comprising a dished base directly enga'geable on a supporting surface, a standard attached at one end to and projecting upwardly from the base' adjac'ent one side marginal edge portion' thereof, the standard having at its extreme upper end a pair of opposed arms having free'ends which extend laterally therebeyond and between which the handle of a brush of the type me'ntioned is t`o'- be received, and? an elongated support connected to and extending laterally from the standard below and beyond the'free ends of said' armsand in' substantia-lly Vertical spaced alignment therewith and overlying the base, said support having a' rounded forwardV end portion and' beingl of a size i'n cross section to have the annular frame of the toilet bowl oleaning brush engag'ed the'reove'r with the support projecting through and beyond the opening in the head frame and the latter resting upon and supported by the support with the lower end of the brush disposed over the central part of the base, and with the handle of the brush disposed between said arms, whereby a brush of the type referred to having its head frame en'gagedv with said support may be held over the base to drain thereon.

JOHN J. OLLMAN.

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